Spring bobbers are an effective bite detection system that is quite easy to master. On those “light bite” days, spring bobbers will add fish to your bucket. n It happens to me several times every ...

When you’re getting ready to cast your fishing line, are you adding a bobber, float or strike indicator? Bobbers have come a long way from being just a plastic red and white ball sitting a couple feet ...

Like a lot of anglers, I am getting the “fishing bug” and thinking hard about assaulting area waters. I was pondering some of the spots I like to fish in the spring and began thinking about using slip ...

The method fishing guide Steve Welch and partner Rick Polley employed to take first place in the recent Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters Tracker Series Divisional tournament on Lake Shelbyville should ...

Call them what you will: bobbers, floats, corks, or perhaps, if you’re a fly fisherman, a “strike indicator” – just a fancy name for simple but important angling tool. They come in all shapes, sizes ...

George Toalson just smiled as I told him that he was pretty darned good at the crappie-catching game. He had just told me exactly where to cast and I’d caught four fish in a row. “Toss it right off ...

Northwoods guide Greg Bohn has a remedy for catching lethargic walleyes in cold water in early spring. Lures and jigs can pick up an active fish or two, but slip bobbers dangle live bait in front of ...